Fiction: Group 3
as he rang the doorbell. The door opened and I saw my grandmother wearing an excited smile. Her eyes
landed on me and she rushed to give me a tight hug. “Bao, oh son how have you been? It’s been so long,”
she said. “I’m fine, grandmother. How are you doing?” I asked. “Oh I’m doing well boy, oh my god!
Where are my manners?! Please come in, Bao. Enter your new home.” My heart sank at those last words. I
entered and I took a look at my surroundings. It looked like a really comfortable flat. “Do you like it?” a
voice asked. I simply nodded.
“Oh Bao, you must be very tired and hungry! Come eat some rice and pork stew and then you can shower
and rest,” my grandmother said. I quickly did what she said and she showed me where I would be sleeping.
It was a comfy bed with a view of the Pearl River. I stared in amazement at how incredible it looked. “I
hope you like it here, Bao.” She said. “ The view is incredible,” was all I said. My grandmother quietly left
me alone. All of a sudden I remembered that I had to write to Mother. I quickly grabbed my notebook and
my pencil and started writing:
‘Dear Mother, I have arrived and the environment is quite different. It’s livelier here and it reminds me of
home, how it used to be before the war. I hope you’re doing well Mother. I miss you terribly. I wish I
could come back to you and be there when Father comes back from the war. I wish you were here with
me, Mother. I feel strange thinking that this is my home now. It doesn’t feel like home if you and Father
aren’t here. I hope you can come here to stay with me. We can all be safe here. I miss you, Mother. Please
reply as soon as you get this. I love you Mother. Take care.’
I put the letter aside and crawl to the window. I see the river; it seems so peaceful and calm. Boats sailing
across the harbour gently. This is home now. I have to learn to let go of my past life and move forward. I
have to be brave and confident like my Father. I have to learn to love this place. I let out a huge sigh and
think, “This is home.”
